2023 Leipold’s Sylvaner Gässberg and 2023 Leipold’s Schilfsandstein Silvaner Trocken. I’ve seen people describe the Gässberg as the more linear wine but that’s not how these two bottles showed at this young state. Both delicious in their own way, but the Gässberg was plumper plusher and layered. The Schilfsandstein was more angular and compact, crunchy and rocky, although it really blossomed over two days as it grew in breadth. Both very nice wines with that bright herbal silvaner character, in powerful yet elegant interpretations.
2018 and 2019 Johann Ruck Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Silvaner GG show the more precise, delicate and herbal bite side of silvaner, which is also fun to drink. The 2019 shows much more green grapey fruits that feel young, and which go very well with dinner. But the 2018 may have been more enjoyable for me now, with zesty golden flavors that are in a very good place to play off the tense mineral linear structure.
All good wines, new guard and old, just a matter of taste and occasion.
2018 and 2019 Johann Ruck Iphöfer Julius-Echter-Berg Silvaner GG show the more precise, delicate and herbal bite side of silvaner, which is also fun to drink. The 2019 shows much more green grapey fruits that feel young, and which go very well with dinner. But the 2018 may have been more enjoyable for me now, with zesty golden flavors that are in a very good place to play off the tense mineral linear structure.
All good wines, new guard and old, just a matter of taste and occasion.